This book has had a profound effect on the historiography of the civil wars, and the aim of this article is not to question its overall narrative relating to the Independent faction, to the events surrounding the trial of Charles I, and to the broader Puritan revolution, but rather to assess Underdown's approach and methodology, and his treatment of sources.
In particular, it concentrates upon his work on political history, with specific reference to what is probably his most important book, Pride's Purge (1971). On the poor law and other social problems, see above Chapter 5, and the further reading suggested there.This piece reassesses the work of the late David Underdown, one of the most important historians of the early modern period of the last 50 years. Quarter sessions records where published often provide fascinating illustrations of local government at work.
Pinckney, ‘The Cheshire Election of 1656’, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, xlix (1967), 387–426, throws interesting light on the state of gentry opinion at this time.Ībbot, Writings and Speeches contains many basic documents. See also the chapter by Roots in The English Civil War and After, 1642–1658, ed. The major-generals’ system is examined in detail by D. Hardacre, The Royalists during the Puritan Revolution (The Hague 1956) surveys all but the Royalists’ conspiratorial activities.
Verney, Memoirs of the Verney Family (1892–9), iii, in spite of naïve and chaotic editing, is still the best source for the day-to-day life of the Cavalier and non-partisan gentry. Wood, Nottinghamshire in the Civil War (Oxford 1937) are suggestive.į. Older county histories offer little guidance, though Mary Coate, Cornwall in the Great Civil War and Interregnum (Oxford 1933) and Alfred C. David Underdown, Pride’s Purge: Politics in the Puritan Revolution (Oxford 1971) has two chapters on the revolution and the localities. Dodd, Studies in Stuart Wales (Cardiff 1952) includes a valuable discussion of the Welsh committees. Everitt’s other works (see note 2 to this chapter) The outstanding work is Everitt’s Community of Kent, though its coverage of the Protectorate is disappointing. Ives (1968) together provide a brief, general introduction to the relationship between the State and the local communities during the Civil War. The essays by Roots, Everitt and Pennington in The English Revolution, 1600–1660, ed.
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